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    Friday, August 27, 2010

    CALIF FINAL APPROVAL ON GIANT SOLAR POWER PLANT

    Beacon Solar Energy poject OKed; first solar thermal project approved in 20 years
    Tiffany Hsu, August 26, 2010 (LA Times)

    "For the first time in 20 years, state energy regulators have approved construction on a solar thermal farm.

    "The California Energy Commission gave the Beacon Solar Energy project a unanimous go-ahead…[It will be on] 2,012 private acres in Kern County…[It] is one of a group of solar proposals hustling to break ground before a federal grant expires at the end of the year."


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    "Beacon Solar, a subsidiary of Florida-based NextEra Energy Resources, will build and manage the 250-megawatt Beacon site on the western edge of the Mojave Desert. Beacon first applied for approval in 2008.

    "The installation will use parabolic trough solar thermal technology. Long rows of curved mirrors will collect energy from the sun, heating tubes filled with fluid to help run a steam turbine generator."


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    "The energy commission last approved a solar thermal project in February 1990, when it allowed a plant in San Bernardino County to move forward. But smaller arrays, which don’t require a license through the energy commission, have emerged since then.

    "Before the Beacon project breaks ground, however, it will probably [be able] to secure a power purchase agreement with a utility…[because] California’s investor-owned utilities [are working] to meet a state mandate to get at least 20% of their electricity from renewable sources by the end of 2010."

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